| ID | 121248 |
| Title Proper | Late learners |
| Other Title Information | Canada, the F-35, and lessons from the new fighter aircraft program |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Nossal, Kim Richard |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Looking at the process that the Conservative government of Stephen Harper
tried to use to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's aging CF-18 Hornet fleet
with 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, it is hard
to disagree with Andrew Coyne's assessment that the acquisition program
was "a fiasco from top to bottom, combining lapses of professional ethics,
ministerial responsibility and democratic accountability into one spectacular
illustration of how completely our system of government has gone to hell."1
For the evolution of Canada's participation in the F-35 program-from
the first memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the Liberal
government of Jean Chrétien on 2 January 1998 to the so-called "reset" of
the program in December 2012-readily fits the nouns the Canadian media
so commonly used to characterize the F-35 acquisition: fiasco, debacle, mess,
scandal, and shambles in English, or fiasco, scandale, incompétence, gâchis
(mess), gouffre financier ("money pit") in French. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal Vol. 68, No.1; Winter 2013: p.167-184 |
| Journal Source | International Journal Vol. 68, No.1; Winter 2013: p.167-184 |
| Key Words | Stephen Harper ; Royal Canadian Air Force ; Canada ; F-35 ; Canadian Media |